Business-Economy

March 10, 2025, 3:23 am

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Dhaka Bank distributes power tillers in Belkuchi Road crash leaves 2 HSC examinees dead in Kurigram Bangladesh among countries facing widest gender gap in mobile money use: Report Tk13,200cr wiped out as BSEC strife roils market SSC examinee drowns in Padma River in Rajshahi GM Quader slams govt for deteriorating law and order Over 2 lakh tonnes maize yield likely in Jamalpur BSEC officials return to work, ending the work abstention WB delegation calls on Food Adviser Govt employees to get March salary, Eid bonus on March 23

Business-Economy

Oil prices jump, stocks fall on Middle East tensions

TDS Desk: Oil prices surged and major stock markets mostly retreated Thursday as investors reacted to fears of widening conflict in the Middle East. Prices jumped after US President Joe

FAO Food Price Index rises in September

TDS Desk: The benchmark for world food commodity prices saw its fastest increase in 18 months in September, with quotations up for all covered commodity groups, led by sugar, the

BR land leased for peanuts, yet dues unpaid for years

Employees associations exploit lease, defy govt orders TDS Desk: Bangladesh Railway (BR) leased out huge areas of non-operational lands to its employee associations at unprecedented low rates of Tk32-100 per

Jamuna Railway Bridge nears completion: Trial run set for Dec

The main bridge spans 4.80 kilometres, with railway tracks installed, though the sections of track on both sides of the bridge still need to be connected. TDS Desk: Construction of

Ethiopian Airlines announce offers marking Bangladesh debut

TDS Desk: Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading carrier, has announced a special buy-one-get-one-free (B1G1) ticket offer for flights from Dhaka to all of its global destinations, celebrating its entry into the

EPB for ensuring cargo facilities at Ctg, Sylhet airports

TDS Desk: Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) vice-chairman Md Anwar Hossain has laid emphasis on ensuring cargo facilities at Chattogram and Sylhet airports like Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. “Bangladesh has huge